Silk moths blow away every belief you’ve ever had that all moths are small and dull. These large vibrant moths can have wingspans over 6 inches, and come in colors including red, pink ...

A bizarre sack-like “thing” dangling off a tree branch in a rural Aussie town stopped a man in his tracks this week. The ...

It is widespread across the eastern half of the U.S. Birding experts Kenn and Kimberly Kaufman say that in the cecropia moth’s range, you might also spot a related species, the Columbia silk moth.

silk, and other fibers. Once hatched, clothes moth larvae feed on the fabric around them, leading to large holes in the material, plus other kinds of damage. These small, pale-colored insects aren ...

As I pull out different suits of his which were stored in our downstairs bedroom, I am quite shocked to discover how many of them were veritable feasts for the moths.

Anything left over was handed to friends and the rest I took great pleasure in shoving down the Salvation Army chute on West 14th Street. But still more followed me home to England, where they ...

The eastern tent caterpillar, Malacosoma Americanum, is native to North America. Their populations naturally fluctuate from year to year, with large spring outbreaks occurring every several years.

Now we know, thanks in large part to Kawahara’s revelatory ... grant from the National Science Foundation to study moth and butterfly silk, with a view to engineering stronger synthetic ...

Beneath the Sky and Sea,” new paintings by Louise Haynes Hall, are on view in the Main Gallery. • “Playing House” is a ...

North America’s Promethea moth ( Callosamia promethea) has a link to Greek mythology, too: Prometheus was the Titan who stole fire from the gods and gave it to humans. Eighteenth-century British ...

Male silk moths are known to search for female moths by using their antennae to detect pheromones that the females emit. Shinshu University associate professor Daigo Terutsuki, 36, a researcher at ...